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- Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:25 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
In this case, would you suggest I have the end users obtain their own API key? That's what I do for The Movie Database, The Audio Database and IMDB. NO, your key will operate as a rate limit per IP for your users, thats the whole point of the public key. users having their on key will have the exac...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:18 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
If an end user makes a single API request, then the 1000 calls per month per unique IP isn't an issue. If that IS an issue, your end users are making way more than single calls, and you should be providing them a proper mirror. Just scraping "on demand" with no consideration for other use...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:27 am
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
That's how top-down distribution works. You mirror us, we limit you, your users mirror you, you limit your users. You don't let your users hammer the site because you can't or won't maintain a proper mirror. This whole idea that a centralised database is a permanent thing with infinite resources is...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 10:31 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
Ideally speaking, the app should draw from its own mirror, with API calls limited to syncing actually new data. That way, single-use "full syncs" could be used to bring the apps current, then API calls could keep them current, without forcing end-users to sync the entire site on every new...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:59 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
Unfortunately I couldn't use the other type of key. The application gets distributed to other web sites, and I couldn't include my key if it were the other type of key. The application builds discussion threads about individual games in forums. I honestly don't see a site going over the limit, but t...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:42 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
160 calls per day by that logic, each request can process 20 calls. Unfortunately my application only processes one request at a time. It's not something where multiple games can be retrieved at once. It's based on the user inputing the TGDB link, it extracts the game ID from the link and processes...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:32 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Games/Boxart Returns Error
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2310
Games/Boxart Returns Error
When getting the boxart for a game using this code.. https://api.thegamesdb.net/Games/Boxart?game_id=47790&apikey=MYAPIKEY This error is returned... [code] => 406 [status] => Invalid request: Invalid or missing paramaters. [remaining_monthly_allowance] => 936 [extra_allowance] => 0
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:54 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Remaining monthly allowance
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16586
Re: Remaining monthly allowance
We're asking dev to be considerate of their usage, the previous api was massively abused that neither the main site nor the api was in a usable state due to very occasional timeouts and incredibly long response times. the limit will be reviewed again in the future based on the usage and performance...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:49 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Include screenshot and fanart
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2587
Re: Include screenshot and fanart
no, box art is considered essential as such they're included within the main games query, screenshot and fan arts are not considered as important as such they'd have to be requested through their images endpoint I'm not sure I agree with that philosophy. Especially when there's a query limit in pla...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 5:27 pm
- Forum: Support
- Topic: Include screenshot and fanart
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2587
Include screenshot and fanart
Since there's a monthly query limit...
Is there a way to include screenshots and fanart into a single query like there is for boxart when getting a game by game ID?
I guess what I'm looking for is a way to get all of the information available in a single query by game ID.
Is there a way to include screenshots and fanart into a single query like there is for boxart when getting a game by game ID?
I guess what I'm looking for is a way to get all of the information available in a single query by game ID.